Left in the Darkness

Chapter Seven

Brothers forever

Elrohir moved his ankle so that it was going as straight as possible in a stirrup, he looked down at Estel who was slumped in front of him, with his head on Elrohir's shoulder.

Elrohir was fighting the need to sleep, he had to stay awake, Estel needed him, he had to stay awake. But soon the pain in his head was too much, and Elrohir welcomed a light sleep.

Elrohir looked up again. How long he had been asleep he did not know, but he was not surprised to see that he and Estel were still on the

horse's back, Elladan's horse was trained not to let any rider fall from his back no matter how many there were, whether the person was conscious or not.

Elrohir was now in front of the bridge leading to Rivendell, after he crossed this it was only a half hour to Rivendell.

Before he could get to the beginning of the bridge however, a herd of elven horses rode passed him and onto the bridge, the bridge was not made for so much weight at a time as soon as the horses crossed it. Snap, the bridge broke right down the middle.

Elrohir's mouth dropped open and his eyes went wide, then he looked at Estel again, even with his own and Elrohir's cloak rapped around him the boy was still shivering. Elrohir moved his hand to rest on Estel's forehead, he winced when he felt the heat radiating from his brother's body.

"Oh no," Elrohir said to himself. He took Estel's head and turned it so he could see the back of it. He gasped when he saw what he feared. The gash on Estel's head had turned a bright red with spots of black. This could only mean one thing. It was infected.

"What am I going to do; the only other way to Rivendell is to go back to Mirwood and go the other way over the Misty Mountains," Elrohir thought.

Elrohir and Elladan hated the Misty Mountains, that's why they always took the main road from Rivendell to Mirwood and then back to Rivendell.

The reason they hated it up there so much was because that was were they had found their mother after she had been captured and held there as a prisoner by the orcs for weeks before Elladan and Elrohir were able to get her out. They had saved her but it had been too much for her and as soon as she was well enough Elrond had sent her to the Gray Havens, she had left Middle Earth, never to return.

Elrohir could remember the day very well, the day they had rescued their mother only to have their father send her away.

................................................Flashback...................................................

Elladan and Elrohir had gone up the Misty Mountains from all sides for weeks before they found a way up to were their mother was being held.

When they first saw her they couldn't believe what they were seeing; the beautiful woman that they knew as their mother was now beaten so badly Elladan and Elrohir could hardly recognize her.

Before they were able to get her out of the cave, the orcs returned. Elladan and Elrohir fought side by side with their mother in between them, and very soon all the orcs were killed.

Soon the twins had their mother home, and within three weeks their father was sending her to the Gray Havens, she said good bye to all of them hugged Arwen, then Elladan, then Elrohir, then she hugged and kissed Elrond, then she was gone, never to return.

................................................End of Flashback..........................................

Elrohir was brought out of his memory when Estel's shivering grew.

"Estel!" Elrohir shouted remembering that he needed to get his brother back to Rivendell, but with that bridge out going back to Mirwood alone would take two days, he had less then seventy two hours to get him to Elrond.

"Ok, here we go," said Elrohir turning the horse and heading back toward Mirwood.

TBC

Hope the chapter is a little longer for you this time, sorry it was so short last time.